Erin thought she’d seen and heard it all. In Bald Eagle Falls, everyone seemed not only to know everyone else’s business, but to discuss it at length. Yet she had always assumed that her neighbor Mrs. Peach, who had no man in her life, was widowed ...

This week I picked up Louise Penny's newest Chief Inspector Gamache book, The Madness of Crowds. I posted about the previous book in this series, which is All the Devils Are Here. I have enjoyed all of the Inspector Gamache books that I have read, and this one is no difference. ...

I've written on Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) before. If you've hung out here for a few years you know that I participate every year. But why? I knew I wanted to do a blog post on nano today, and I was trying to figure out what to write. What it is that you want to know. What you would ask me if you had the chance (and you can ask me in the comment section below. I'll answer you!) What I originally homed in on is why or why not to participate in Nanowrimo. Some writers have very strong opinions on the matter. Some people love nano. Some people hate it. Some people keep trying it and giving up, some try and succeed, and some wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. ...

More than one million words of witchy goodness! Get ready to be transported with this magical boxed set of stories from NY Times, USA Today, and national bestselling authors! In this collection, you’ll find witches, wizards, and warlocks, along with vampires, shifters, and other creatures of the night ...

I have just finished reading Elephants Can Remember, a classic Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie. I don't recall having read this one before. It was an engaging story, with the facts/clues presented to the reader giving them lots of opportunity to put the puzzle together and figure out what happened. Christie sometimes holds back clues from the reader, especially in Poirot books, not telling us everything that the Belgian detective has discovered in his investigations, but I think everything relevant had been mentioned in this one. I had a pretty good idea what had happened, though there are enough red herrings to keep me guessing as to which are relevant. ...

Now is your chance to get Unlawful Harvest for free Stores are already advertising their Black Friday sales. Remember when Black Friday was a sale that only happened one day a year? Now it seems like Black Friday sales start popping up as soon as the jack-o-lanterns are carved. So maybe this is my pre-Thanksgiving, pre-Black Friday, pre-Cyber Monday sale. Whatever I call it, it's a good one, so scroll down and add up the savings. ...

Geeky teen Bobby is convinced his foster home is perfect, until Katya’s unpredictable behavior puts him and her daughter Zane in danger. ...

Raised to a life of crime, Sandy is a teenage prostitute, junkie, and con artist. But can she escape her past and build a new future? ...

Henry is an intense, heartwarming story about Henry's descent into darkness. Can he escape the darkness or will it consume him? ...

Devon setting and the people who inhabit it. Most psychological thrillers are written from the viewpoint of an adult, so this one definitely breaks the mold by employing the POV of ten-year-old Ruby Trick for most of the book. ...

October is National ADHD Awareness month, so I thought it would be a good time to shine a spotlight on ADHD. I asked around in my author circles for fiction books with main characters with ADHD, and got... nothing. But don't worry, I didn't let that stop me! I have tracked down a number of books for you ...

I am close to the end of Grey Dawn, and while I have a few ideas as to what is going on, I haven't yet figured it all out. I have had a pretty good idea of who was not the culprit since the early pages, and I did pick up on a few of the clues that are now being revealed. I'll have to see how it all ties together in the end! ...